Regarding Checkpoint Redo Record

From: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila(at)huawei(dot)com>
To: 'PG Hackers' <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Regarding Checkpoint Redo Record
Date: 2012-01-04 06:42:26
Message-ID: B6907F5537A1430AABC57E0C928ABE4A@china.huawei.com
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Why PostgreSQL needs to write WAL record for Checkpoint when it maintains
same information in pg_control file?

This may be required in case we need information about more than one
checkpoint as pg_control can hold information of only recent checkpoint. But
I could not think of a case where more than one checkpoint information will
be required.

Could anybody let me know the cases where it is required.

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